County boards, other races decided

Greene County will see three new board members after the three positions will be filled with first-time candidates.

Regan Joehl, Andrea Schnelten and Christopher Elliot, all Republicans, took the majority of votes Tuesday night.

Andrea Schnelten, 37, of Rockbridge received 2,539 votes, Regan Joehl, 33, of Greenfield received 2,326 votes and Elliot of White Hall received 1,983. Their opponents: Jerry Reno received 1,916 vote, incumbent John Goode received 1,853 votes and Nathan Edwards received 870 votes.

“I’m pretty humbled that the community would have the confidence in me to represent them and I will do my best to serve them,” Schnelten said. “I’m excited about the opportunity and I think it’s excited to be coming on with other that are new. I look forward to the opportunity to see what we can do.”

Joehl and Elliot could not be reached for comment.

Arenzville Fire Tax

A tax referendum placed on the Morgan and Cass county ballots by the Arenzville Fire Protection District failed to pass in both counties.

The referendum failed in Morgan County 183 to 108 votes and in Cass County 196 votes to 158.

The tax, if passed, would have assessed up to 0.3 percent equalized assessed value for property within the district. The 0.125 percent rate was bringing in about $35,000 for the fire district for equipment and other expenses.

Other Races

In Scott County, Weldon Fearneyhough, the Republican candidate for Scott County commissioner received 1,125 votes (roughly 56 percent ) over Craig J. Lashmett, who received 891 votes, according to the county’s unofficial results.

In Pike County, Natalie P. Roseberry was voted as the county clerk, receiving 54 percent of the votes (3,552) with her opponent, Ann Moffit, having received only received 3,025 votes.

Bryce Gleckler, the Republican candidate for Pike County circuit clerk, was voted to take the spot with 70 percent of the vote (4,631) over Sandra Schacht (1,947 votes).

In Cass County, Michael Barnett, a Democrat, and Josh Millard, a Republican, were voted as the District One members for the Cass County board. Barnett received 743 votes, or 31 percent, while Josh Millard received 816 votes or 34 percent. Lawrence Gabbert and Eric Cooper were not named to the board, receiving 448 votes and 371 votes respectively.

David Parish retained his position as a District Two member of the Cass County Board, receiving 556 votes, while David Wankel received 480 votes.

Timothy J. Wessel will be sworn in as the Eighth Judicial Circuit judge after received 2,634, or 57 percent, of the votes. His opponent Luke Allen Thomas received 1,955 votes.

In Brown County, Chad Kunkel (R), Rick Garthaus (R), Lori Wiese-McKee (R), Charles “Chuck” Northcutt (R) and Timothy Woodward (D) were named to the five positions for the Pike County Board.